transsellar

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adjective

Through, or across the sella turcica

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Meanings

adjectivetranssellar (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThrough, or across the sella turcica

    Out of 21 patients with cysts with an intra and suprasellar location, we performed an extended approach in those cases with a larger suprasellar component and when the transsellar route could damage the pituitary gland or didn’t let to access and/or empty the suprasellar component of the lesion.

    2015 October 17, “Endoscopic Endonasal Approach in the Management of Rathke’s Cleft Cysts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From trans- + sellar.

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APA

transsellar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transsellar

MLA

“transsellar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transsellar. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transsellar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transsellar.

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